[adverb] [not gradable] old use or [formal] - to or towards this placeCome hither young sir!Hither and thither means in many directions.In clearer water, one usually encounters shoals of tiny fish, which dart hither and thither like flights of arrows.
HITHER
Meaning of HITHER in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012